The latest figures come courtsey of Serkan Toto, who found the information in Japan’s Kanpo gazette.

The Tokyo-based games industry consultant provided this on the startling information: "A lot of private companies that are structured in a certain way communicate some financials (not all) in the “Kanpo”, the official government gazette, at regular intervals.

"The Pokemon Company did so on May 30. The gazette shows (via Kanpo Blog in Japanese) that the release of Pokemon Go last summer and of Pokemon Sun/Moon last holiday generated some handsome income for the company.

"According to the disclosure, net profit reached a staggering US$143.3 million in the fiscal year that ended on February 28, 2017 (there are no sales figures given).

"That year was the Pokemon Company’s 19th fiscal in its history. In comparison to the previous fiscal, net profit jumped by a factor of 26."

The information provided does not go into the details of how the revenue was generated but does give a significant look at the big impact Pokemon Go has created through in-app purchases and sponsorship deals.

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TechCrunch has worked out that this would have created around $75 million in revenue for Niantic.

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However, according to Niantic, the number listed in the interview was even HIGHER, revealing: “Niantic’s cost per visit (CPV) model visit has partners spending less than $.50 / daily unique visit to sponsored locations.”

So that new number would work out at $250 million in revenue for the AR specialists.

“Given that McDonald’s Japan activated 3,000 stores in the country, that price would mean that at the game’s peak, the fast-food giant would have paid out roughly $900,000 per day to Niantic for the Pokémon GO sponsorship at $0.15 per visitor, or $3 million per day at $0.50 each,” TechCrunch adds.

Sponsorship in Pokemon Go can extend to Gyms being created at certain locations, as well as PokeStops, where Trainers can grab the gear needed to catch Pocket Monsters.

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De Fayet also gave a pretty frank rundown of what is being cooked up in terms of Pokemon Go updates right now.

In an interview with Globo, de Fayet explained: “Because of the great success, we had to put off some planned news.

“Now, we are working in announcing new updates for the next summer (Northern hemisphere), like giving more value to the choice of teams, the announcement of the Legendary Pokemon and the battles between the players.

“One thing which we learned with “Ingress” is that the game sustains itself if we are capable to create social interactions between the trainers, and we are working on that.”

The reference to the Northern hemisphere may mean a gradual regional rollout of these new Pokemon Go updates, although this has yet to be confirmed by Niantic.